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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Statement of Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows and the Consolidated Statement of Shareowners' Common
Equity for the Form 10-K dated December 31, 1994 and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
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